5th man charged in kidnapping, assault case

Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 06:00 PM.

According to Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown, Cramer was located in Pennsylvania and extradited back to Onslow County Tuesday.

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A fifth man allegedly involved in a Nov. 26 kidnapping and assault of a Sneads Ferry man is in custody.

David Anthony Cramer, 33, of Old Mill Road in Sneads Ferry, was charged Tuesday with first-degree kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and felony conspiracy.

Cramer is accused of conspiring with four other men to kidnap Steven Coty Starling, 20, by confining and restraining Starling and assaulting him with a knife, his hands and a baseball bat and taking a LG 501C cellphone, valued at $100, according to warrants.

According to a previous Daily News report, four men have already arrested in connection to the assault.

According to Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown, Cramer was located in Pennsylvania and extradited back to Onslow County Tuesday.

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A fifth man allegedly involved in a Nov. 26 kidnapping and assault of a Sneads Ferry man is in custody.

David Anthony Cramer, 33, of Old Mill Road in Sneads Ferry, was charged Tuesday with first-degree kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and felony conspiracy.

Cramer is accused of conspiring with four other men to kidnap Steven Coty Starling, 20, by confining and restraining Starling and assaulting him with a knife, his hands and a baseball bat and taking a LG 501C cellphone, valued at $100, according to warrants.

According to a previous Daily News report, four men have already arrested in connection to the assault.